The surface and canopy fuels layers are representative of the particular type of disturbance experienced by herbaceous, shrub and tree lifeforms along with regrowth to the year indicated (usually the year released).
LANDFIRE (LF) fuel products describe the composition and characteristics of surface and canopy fuel and:
- provide consistent fuel information to support fire planning, analysis, and budgeting to evaluate fire management alternatives
supplement strategic and tactical planning for fire operations
LF uses two indexes of Modeling Dynamic Fuels with an Index System (MoD-FIS) to account for fuel's seasonal variability which represent current, real-time conditions.
Supports operations and firefighting.
A service that provides a multi-band raster format.
Standalone fuel rulesets database. LFTFC tool to edit LF rules sets.